Word: precious
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...Grimani Breviary which is the most precious illuminated manuscript in existence, was finished in 1480 by Hans Memling and other Flemish artists, and consists of 1580 illuminated pages, of which 110 are full page illuminations. All the illustrations are now being reproduced and three volumes of plates have already been received by the University Library...
...with a rare discrimination and perseverance and with an unswerving loyalty to the best in art and letters. It has also been constantly enriched through a long series of years with gifts from friends--gifts which add the charm of personal associations to a collection already remarkably interesting and precious, and strongly marked by the individuality of its owner. Many of the rarer books Professor Norton is sending to the College Library immediately so that their safety may be assured. The rest remain at Shady Hill...
...heard his lecture at Sanders Theatre a couple of years ago, and saw the photographs of scenery and men, will stay away; but there are other students for whom the names of Grenfell and of Labrador now mean little, and to them I would say that this is a precious opportunity, not only to increase their knowledge of our continent, but to enlarge their human sympathies. Dr. Grenfell is first of all a man, a man of the eternal heroic type; and merely to get the impression which his personality unconsciously gives one is an inspiration. WILLIAM JAMES...
...George S. Raymer. The subject will be "Prospecting." Mr. Raymer Intends to treat the topic maihly from a traveller's point of view, and will include suggestion for transportation, camping, subsistence, clothing, outfit, etc., as well as hints for the searching for indications of valuable metals and precious stones...
...that note touched me very much. It expressed the youth's feeling at the sight of the veteran in a conflict into which the youth is going,--where the veteran has long been. That note is one of the most precious of the testimonies that I have received. And yesterday, at a family gathering, a lady handed to me a note which she said that a lady in Boston had asked her to deliver. I opened it and there was not a word in it,--not one,--only a leaf. But that leaf was laurel...